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Detecting a Small Boat using Histogram PMHT

Volume Number:
6
Issue Number:
2
Pages:
167
–
186
Publication Date:
1 December 2011
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Abstract

The Histogram Probabilistic Multi-Hypothesis Tracker (H-PMHT) is a parametric track before detect algorithm. This article discusses practical issues faced in producing an operationally relevant implementation of the algorithm. The performance of H-PMHT is demonstrated on a high resolution radar example containing a small boat in challenging clutter and compared with a conventional solution based on image segmentation and the Probabilistic Data Association Filter.